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Introduction . . . 1-1 Drafting . . . 2-1 Drawing Production Overview . . . 3-1
Create a part drawing . . . 3-2 Create an assembly drawing . . . 3-4 Opening and saving draft documents . . . 3-6 Drawing sheets . . . 3-9 Drawing view creation . . . 3-13 Principal views . . . 3-22 Auxiliary views . . . 3-22 Detail views . . . 3-24 Section views . . . 3-29 Broken Views . . . 3-37 Draft quality and high quality views . . . 3-37 Drawing view manipulation . . . 3-40 Drawing view updates . . . 3-47 Drawing properties . . . 3-50 Defining Drawing Standards . . . 3-52 Using Hyperlinks . . . 3-55 2D drawing views and 2D model views . . . 3-57 Schematic Diagramming using Blocks and Connectors . . . 3-61 Symbols overview . . . 3-79
Activity: Drawing view placement . . . 4-1 Activity: Assembly drawing creation . . . 5-1 Activity: Quicksheet . . . 6-1 Activity: Broken view creation . . . 7-1 Activity: Broken-out section creation . . . 8-1 Dimensions, Annotations, and PMI . . . 9-1
Dimensioning overview . . . 9-1 Annotations overview . . . 9-37 Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) . . . 9-62 Property text codes . . . 9-93
Activity: Retrieving and placing dimensions . . . . 10-1 Activity: Placing annotations . . . . 11-1 Activity: Placing a parts list . . . . 12-1 Summary . . . . 13-1 Activity: Drawing view placement . . . A-1
Create a draft document . . . A-2 Setup the background and sheet size for the drawing sheet . . . A-2 Select the drawing standards for the drawing sheet . . . A-2 Select views in the Drawing View Creation Wizard . . . A-3 Place the views selected on to the drawing sheet . . . A-5 Place an additional part view on the drawing sheet . . . A-7 Save the drawing file . . . A-9 Place an auxiliary view on the drawing sheet . . . A-10 Create a new drawing sheet and move the auxiliary view to the new sheet . . A-10 Create a cutting plane for a section view . . . A-11 Create a section view . . . A-12 Change the cross-hatch properties of the section view . . . A-13 Place a detail view off of the front view . . . A-13 Change the display of a drawing view to shaded . . . A-15 Activity summary . . . A-16
Activity: Assembly drawing creation . . . B-1
Create a new draft document . . . B-1 Define views to place on the drawing sheet . . . B-2 Place an exploded assembly view . . . B-2 Place a front view on a new sheet . . . B-2 Draw a cutting plane for a section view . . . B-4 Create a section view . . . B-5 Hide a part in the drawing view . . . B-7 Adjust the parts display . . . B-8 Activity summary . . . B-8
Activity: Quicksheet . . . C-1
Create a new draft document . . . C-1 Set the drawing standards . . . C-2 Define the drawing views . . . C-2 Arrange the views on the sheet . . . C-4 Create a quicksheet template . . . C-5 Populate a quicksheet template . . . C-6 Place the new quicksheet template in the Solid Edge templates folder . . . C-6 Create a new draft file using the quicksheet template . . . C-6 Activity summary . . . C-7
Activity: Broken view creation . . . D-1
Create a new draft document . . . D-1 Define the drawing view . . . D-1 Add a vertical broken region to the drawing view . . . D-3 Place a horizontal break in the drawing view . . . D-5
Place a broken view with different break line types . . . D-6 Activity summary . . . D-6
Activity: Broken-out section creation . . . E-1
Create a new draft document . . . E-1 Set the drawing standards . . . E-1 Define the drawing view . . . E-2 Define the broken-out section view . . . E-3 Edit the broken-out section . . . E-4 Activity summary . . . E-6
Activity: Retrieving and placing dimensions . . . F-1
Open a draft file . . . F-2 Retrieve dimensions . . . F-3 Modify the retrieved dimensions . . . F-5 Place center marks . . . F-5 Place angular dimensions . . . F-7 Place a linear dimension and add a prefix . . . F-9 Place a Smart dimension and add prefix, suffix and special characters . . . F-10 Dimension a section view . . . F-11 Edit a dimension and add a tolerance . . . F-13 Use the dual unit dimension display . . . F-14 Fit the drawing sheet . . . F-16 Change sheet size . . . F-16 Close the draft file . . . F-17 Open part file used to create drawing views . . . F-18 Edit a circular pattern feature . . . F-18 Open draft file . . . F-19 Use Drawing View Tracker . . . F-20 Activity summary . . . F-21
Activity: Placing annotations . . . G-1
Open draft file . . . G-1 Place a datum frame . . . G-1 Reposition a dimension . . . G-2 Place a feature control frame . . . G-3 Place another feature control frame . . . G-4 Place a surface texture symbol . . . G-4 Hide an edge in the drawing view . . . G-6 Place a centerline on the section view . . . G-6 Place an edge condition on the section view . . . G-8 Add notes to the drawing sheet . . . G-9 Activity summary . . . G-10
Activity: Placing a parts list . . . H-1
Open draft file . . . H-1 Set the parts list option for auto ballooning . . . H-2 Set the balloon properties . . . H-2 Define location of the parts list . . . H-3 Define the parts list columns . . . H-3 Place the parts list on drawing . . . H-6 Activity summary . . . H-6
1
Introduction
Welcome to self paced training for Solid Edge. This course is designed to educate you in the use of Solid Edge. The course is self-paced and contains instruction followed by activities.
Solid Edge self-paced courses • spse01510—Sketching
• spse01515—Constructing base features
• spse01520—Moving and rotating faces
• spse01525—Working with face relationships
• spse01530—Constructing treatment features
• spse01535—Constructing procedural features
• spse01536—Modeling synchronous and ordered features
• spse01540—Modeling assemblies
• spse01541—Explode-Render-Animate
• spse01545—Creating detailed drawings
• spse01546—Sheet metal design
• spse01550—Practicing your skills with projects
• spse01560—Modeling a Part Using Surfaces
• spse01610—Solid Edge frame design
• spse01640—Assembly patterning
• spse01645—Assembly systems libraries
• spse01650—Working with large assemblies
• spse01655—Revising assemblies
• spse01660—Assembly reports
• spse01670—Designing in the context of an assembly
• spse01675—Assembly features
• spse01680—Inspecting assemblies
• spse01685—Alternate assemblies
• spse01690—Virtual components in assemblies
• spse01695—XpresRoute (tubing)
• spse01696—Creating a Wire Harness with Harness Design
• spse01424—Working with Solid Edge Embedded Client
Start with the tutorials
Self-paced training begins where tutorials end. Tutorials are the quickest way for you to become familiar with the basics of using Solid Edge. If you do not have any experience with Solid Edge, please start by working through the tutorials for basic part modeling and editing before starting this self-paced training.
2
Drafting
Course Overview
The Drafting course focuses on creating and editing drawings of 3D models. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
• Create drawings
• Add views to a drawing • Create dimensions • Create annotations
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Drawing Production Overview
Overview
Drawing production is the process of formally documenting the design of a part or assembly. Solid Edge gives you a variety of tools that allow you to easily document designs during any stage of drawing production. You can create associative drawing views of 3D parts and assemblies that you can quickly update when the part or assembly changes. You can also create drawing views that consist of 2D elements drawn from scratch that you can quickly change without making changes to a part or assembly document.
A combination of the above methods also gives you the ability to meet the changing demands of your workflow. You can place an associative drawing view, which you can update when the model changes. Then, when you want to make changes to the drawing document without changing the model, you can convert the associative drawing view to a 2D element drawing view.
• Create a part drawing
• Create an assembly drawing
You can make a 2D drawing in Solid Edge using two types of drawing views: part views and 2D views. The 2D drawing can contain dimensions and other annotations that describe the size of a part or assembly, the materials used to create it, and other information.
Drawing View Types
When working from a 3D model, you can create the following types of drawing views: • Principal views
• Auxiliary views
• Perspective views
• Detail views(dependent and independent) • Section views
• Broken views
• Draft quality or high quality views
• Exploded assembly drawings
When working with Solid Edge 2D Drafting, you cannot create 3D views that require a 3D model: section views, broken-out section views, and detail views.
Create a part drawing
Workflow to create a part drawing
Use the following process to produce a drawing from any Solid Edge part or sheet metal document (.par and .psm file types).
1. Open a new draft document using the ISO Draft template.
2. Use the View Wizard command to define and place primary part views. 3. (Optional) Create additional views as needed.
• Auxiliary views
• Detail views
• Broken views
• Draft quality views
4. Dimension the part views. For example, you can:
• Retrieve dimensions and annotations from the model. • Use the Smart Dimension command to add dimensions.
5. Annotate the part views. For example, you can use these commands to annotate the model:
• Place a balloon.
• Place a callout.
• Place a feature control frame or datum frame.
• Place an edge condition symbol. • Define a weld symbol.
• Place a Surface Texture Symbol.
• Automatically create center lines and center marks in a drawing view.
• Use the Edge Painter command to redraw, show, or hide part edges. • Use the Text command to add notes to the drawing sheet.
6. Save the draft document. 7. Print a document.
8. When the model changes, drawing views go out-of-date. Do either of the following:
• Use the Update Views command to update views of the model, indicated by gray borders.
SeeDrawing view updatesto learn about these features.
• Use the Dimension Tracker dialog box to Review changed dimensions and annotations.
SeeTracking dimension and annotation changesto learn about these features.
Create an assembly drawing
You can choose model representations defined in the assembly model to show in a drawing view, such as an exploded model display configuration or a PMI model view. Use the following process to create an isometric drawing view of an exploded
assembly with a ballooned parts list. You can do this from the assembly model or from a draft document.
1. Start the Drawing View Wizard
In the assembly document, do the following: a. Save the assembly document.
b. From the Application menu, select the New®Create Drawing command. c. In the Create Drawing dialog box, select the Run Drawing View Creation
Wizard check box and click OK.
2. Choose an embly model representation
In the Drawing View Creation Wizard (Drawing View Options), select one of the following from the .cfg, PMI model view, or zone list:
• To create an exploded isometric model view, select an exploded model display configuration , and then click Finish.
To learn how to create an exploded model configuration, see Explode an assembly automatically.
• To communicate design, manufacturing, and functional information that has been added to a saved view of the model, select a PMI model view name
, to Create a PMI drawing view.
To learn how to create a PMI model view, see Create a PMI model view. • To create a user-defined view of the equipment and components in a
rectangular area of a large assembly model, select a zone name , and then click Next.
• If there is no predefined model representation to select, or to create any combination of user-defined assembly views, select No Selection, and then click Next.
3. Place a user-defined view on the sheet
If the Drawing View Creation Wizard (Drawing View Orientation) is displayed: a. Select a named view, such as isometric, as the principal view.
b. Click Next to choose additional views, or click Finish. c. Click the drawing sheet to place the view(s).
Tip
Predefined PMI model views and display configurations are placed on the drawing automatically.
4. After placing the view, you can do any of the following: • Adjust the assembly display
Use the Display page (Drawing View Properties dialog box) to control the display of the individual parts and subassemblies in the assembly.
To learn more, seeCreating drawings of assemblies. • Retrieve model dimensions and annotations
– If the drawing views are orthographic, you can use the Retrieve Dimensions command to extract dimensions and annotations from the model onto the drawing.
– If the drawing views are pictorial (isometric, dimetric, or trimetric), you can use the Smart Dimension command to Place a 3D dimension on a pictorial drawing view.
5. Add a ballooned parts list
Use the Home tab®Tables group®Parts List command to Create a parts list.
Tip
• To place a parts list that shows the assembly model item numbering schema in the table and in the balloons, select the Use assembly generated item numbers check box on the Options page (Parts List Properties dialog box. If this option is unavailable, you need to set the Create item numbers check box on the Item Numbers page (Solid Edge Options dialog box).
• You can rearrange balloons that have been generated automatically with a parts list, so that all of the balloons are visible. To learn how, see Stack balloons.
• If parts are missing in a parts list or a drawing view for an assembly, verify that the missing parts are not turned off in the assembly document Occurrence Properties dialog box. To learn how, see Display assembly occurrences in a drawing view or parts list.
Opening and saving draft documents
Some of the more specialized file operations that pertain to draft documents are described in this topic. For basic file operations, see Opening and saving Solid Edge documents. To learn about file operations for managed documents, see Adding Solid Edge documents to a managed library.
Opening draft documents in active mode or review (inactive) mode
You can open a draft document in two different modes: active mode or review mode. Active mode is the default. Review mode reduces the time required to open the document. To open a draft document in review mode, set the Inactivate Drawing Views For Review option in the Open File dialog box.
Active mode vs. review mode
Active mode specifies that a draft document is opened with normal editing capability. All commands are available. Drawing views, parts lists, drawing
tables, and other items are checked to determine whether they are out-of-date. Model geometry is live and accessible.
Review mode is intended for drawing review and printing. You can open a large draft document quickly by forgoing out-of-date checking and by limiting functionality. This also is useful when opening a managed draft document with many other documents linked to it.
In review mode:
• You can put the finishing touches on a drawing by selecting and moving 3D drawing views, adding and editing dimensions and annotations, changing their scale, and adjusting their properties.
• Functions that rely on model-derived data, such as retrieving dimensions, adding center lines automatically, editing parts lists and model-derived tables, and dimensioning to draft quality views, are disabled.
• You can create new views from geometry on the 2D Model sheet. You also can create detail views of 2D Model views. However, commands for creating new 3D drawing views are not available.
• You cannot update drawing views.
You can identify a draft document that has been opened in review mode by the Inactive watermark stamped on working sheets and the 2D Model sheet. Another indicator is the document title bar, which displays the following in front of the document name and revision ID: “Draft with Inactive Drawing Views.”
Changing drawing view mode within the document
Once a document is open, you can change from one mode to the other. On the Tools tab, in the View Activation group, you can select these commands: • Activate Drawing Views
• Inactivate Drawing Views
For example, if you open the document in review mode to print a drawing, but then decide you want to add a new view or change drawing view depth, you can select the Activate Drawing Views command. This returns the drawing to normal edit mode for you to make your changes.
Also, if you try to drag a model file into a draft document that is in review mode, a dialog box prompts whether you want to activate the drawing on-the-fly. Click Yes to change the document to active and continue creating the drawing view. Click No to end the drawing view creation command and leave the drawing in review mode.
Specifying a document open preference
You can set a preference for a draft document to open in review mode. Before you click the Open button to open the document, choose one of these options in the Open File dialog box, and then click the Save As Default button:
• Activate Drawing Views For Edit • Inactivate Drawing Views For Review
Opening draft documents in the Solid Edge Viewer
Solid Edge provides a standalone Viewer that allows you to view draft documents without activating Solid Edge. To activate the Viewer from Windows Explorer, right-click the document you want to view, and then choose Viewer on the shortcut menu.
Saving draft documents for View and Markup and the Solid Edge Viewer Before you can view a draft document in View and Markup or the Solid Edge Viewer, the metafile data for the document must be generated. You can do this automatically whenever you save a Draft document by setting the Include Draft Viewer Data In File option on the General page of the Options dialog box. To learn how, see Help topic Open a document in View and Markup.
Drawing sheets
Drawing composition begins with choosing a drawing sheet. Drawing sheets are similar to pages in a notebook. You can place drawing views on different drawing sheets in the document. For example, you can place a front view and a right view on one drawing sheet and a section view on another drawing sheet. Both sheets are saved in the same document. To set up a drawing sheet, use the Sheet Setup command on the Application menu.
All 3D model drawing views, dimensions, and annotations are placed on the active working sheet, which has two components. The sheet outline (1) shows the orientation and print region of the sheet. You can change the size and orientation of the sheet outline with the Sheet Setup command. The area outside of the outline (2) is also part of the drawing sheet.
You also can draw, dimension, and annotate geometry on the 2D Model sheet, and then create 2D model views of the 2D design and place them on the active working sheet.
Working sheets
The sheet where you do all of your drawing view construction is called a working sheet You can create as many working sheets as you need. Each working sheet has a background sheet attached to it.
You can modify a drawing sheet’s characteristics, such as the size and attached background sheet, with the Sheet Setup command on the Application menu. The Sheet Setup command also allows you to set the defaults for all new working sheets created in the document. To do this, set the options you want and then click the Save Defaults button.
Background sheets
A background sheet is used as a backdrop to the working sheet. You can attach the same background sheet to any number of working sheets, making them useful for any geometry that you want to place on more than one drawing.
• Use the Background tab on the Sheet Setup dialog box to apply a background sheet.
• Use the View tab®Sheet Views group®Background command to format a background sheet.
When you attach a background sheet to a working sheet with the Sheet Setup command, geometry on the background sheet is displayed and printed along with the working sheet. So that the paper sizes and graphics on both sheets line up, the size of the working sheet is automatically set to the size of the background sheet you attach. A typical customized scheme would be to have a different background sheet for each standard-sized drawing (such as A, B, C, D, or A0, A1, A2, A3, A4).
Note
The graphics on the background sheet are not affected by drawingsheet scale. They are always displayed 1:1 with respect to the working sheet.
You also can add a drawing border sheet as a background to the 2D Model sheet using the Drawing Area Setup command or by dragging it directly onto the sheet. For example, you can add a company-standard border and title block, insert a raster image of your company’s logo with the Insert Object command on the Sketching tab, or draw other geometry.
2D model sheet
The 2D Model sheet is a special sheet used exclusively for working in 2D model space. It enables you to draw on the sheet and annotate at a scale appropriate for the overall size of the part you are designing, yet it prints your drawing with annotations appropriately scaled to the output sheet size you specify.
For example, you can drag a file containing 2D geometry—such as a Solid Edge .dft document or an AutoCAD .dwg or .dxf file—onto the 2D Model sheet. You can add annotations and dimensions using one drawing scale, then use the 2D create 2D views of your design that you place on one or more working sheets at a different scale for printing.
Unlike working sheets, there is just one 2D Model sheet allowed per document. It is always the first sheet in the document, and it cannot be renamed.
• Select the View tab®Sheet Views group®2D Model command to make this sheet available.
• The scale of the 2D Model sheet is 1:1. To annotate and dimension at a different scale than the scale of the printed drawing, without having to change the text height before printing, use the Drawing Area Setup command on the Application menu. This command automatically calculates the size and scale of your work area on the 2D Model sheet based on the printout sheet size and the width and height of your intended design.
• You can add a drawing border sheet to the 2D Model sheet. Use the Drawing Area Setup command, and select one of the drawing border block files listed on the Drawing Area dialog box in the Place Block list. Using the Drawing Area Setup command ensures that the border is placed at the correct scale for the paper it will be printed on.
If you are not concerned with scaling the border, you can drag a file containing a drawing border onto the model sheet and click to place it.
Manipulating sheets
You can use the named tabs at the bottom of the drawing sheets to manipulate the sheets easily. You can use the tabs in the following ways:
• To select and display a drawing sheet, click a tab. The name of the displayed drawing sheet appears in bold.
• To activate a drawing sheet and set up sheet options, double-click the sheet’s tab. • To activate the drawing sheet shortcut menu, click the right mouse button on
You can use the following scroll buttons to scroll through the drawing sheet tabs. Scrolls to the first drawing sheet tab in the document.
Scrolls to the last drawing sheet tab in the document.
Scrolls to the previous drawing sheet tab in the document. To scroll through several tabs at a time, hold Shift, then click this button.
Scrolls to the next drawing sheet tab in the document. To scroll through several tabs at a time, hold Shift, then click this button.
Right-click a drawing sheet tab to access the drawing sheet tab shortcut menu. From this menu, you can insert, delete, reorder, and rename drawing sheets.
Sheets and document templates
You can reuse your customized background sheets by saving them in a document template. When you use the template to create a new document, all of the background sheets in the template are copied into the new document. Drawing view scale
When you model a part or assembly, you can construct the model to the full scale of the real-world object you are creating. The size of the working sheet determines the scale you should use to display the 3D part or assembly. For example, the drawing view scale for a front loader bucket part would be smaller if an A size sheet were used, because the A size border is smaller than the D size.
The Drawing View Wizard command uses the size of the working sheet to compute the best-fit scale value needed to display part views of the selected part. This scale appears in the Scale box on the Drawing View Wizard command bar.
Alternatively, before you place the part view, you can select a different drawing scale from the Scale List on the Drawing View Wizard command bar.
The scale value that you use in the Drawing View Wizard command is saved as the
sheet scaleof the working sheet you place them on. The next time you run the Drawing View Wizard command for that sheet, you can select this scale from the command bar so that the new part view has the same scale as the views you have already placed.
Note
Part views, with the exception of detail views, have the same scale as the part view they are created from. Aligned part views also share the same scale. To change the scale of an individual part view, remove the alignment with the Unalign command on the shortcut menu, and then use the Properties command on the shortcut menu to set the scale you want.
Dimensional values in drawing views
The dimensional values of the parts or assemblies in your part views measure the actual size of the model. For example, if a hole feature in a part is 25 millimeters and the drawing view scale is 2:1, when you dimension the hole feature, it will be 25 millimeters, not 50 millimeters. This means that you never have to worry about the part view scale affecting the dimensional values when you are creating a drawing.
The dimension and annotation sizes in your working sheets are independent of the drawing view scale. For example, if you define the height and size of dimension text as 0.125 inch or 3.5 millimeters, these are the actual values of the dimension text on the printed drawing.
Sheet scale
A sheet scale is a standard scale value for drawing views placed on the working sheet. Typically, the sheet scale is indicated in the drawing border title block. When you place a drawing view on the same sheet using a different scale, you can note the exception scale value in a drawing view caption.
• You can set a different sheet scale for each working sheet using the Sheet Setup command.
• The sheet scale of the active sheet can be shown and updated automatically in the drawing border title block by creating a callout annotation that extracts the Sheet Scale property text value from the active document: %{Sheet scale}.
Note
Only working sheets can have a sheet scale other than 1.0. Background sheets, the 2D Model sheet, and draw-in-view windows have their sheet scale fixed at 1:1.
Referencing sheet name, number, and scale on the active sheet
You can use callouts and other types of annotations to extract and display property text that identifies the sheet name, number, and scale of the active drawing sheet. For example, you can place a callout on a shared background sheet, in the drawing border title block, so that it displays the sheet scale on each working sheet.
To create a callout that extracts property text, such as the Sheet Name, Sheet Number, and Sheet Scale properties, see the Help topic, Create property text. Many other properties, such as file name, title, and author, can be extracted as well. Displaying drawing sheets in Draft viewers
When you want to make your Draft documents available for review in Solid Edge Viewer and View and Markup, you must specify the sheets to be included in the file. Use the following check boxes on the General page (Solid Edge Options dialog box, Draft environment), to select the sheet types:
• Include Draft Viewer data in file – Include Working Sheets – Include 2D Model Sheet – Include Background Sheets
Drawing view creation
You can make a drawing in Solid Edge using several types of drawing views: 2D part views, 2D views, and predefined 3D model views. The drawing can contain
dimensions and other annotations that describe the size of a part or assembly, the materials used to create it, and other information.
You can place any number of drawing views on a sheet. You can also modify the characteristics of a selected drawing view with the Properties command on the Edit menu or the shortcut menu.
To learn about creating a 2D view, see the Help topic,2D views and 2D model views. To learn about creating a 3D model view, see the Help topic, Creating 3D model views with PMI.
Part views
You can create part views of any Solid Edge part, sheet metal, or assembly document (.par, .psm, and .asm file types). Multiple part, sheet metal, and assembly documents can be used as the basis for part views in a draft document. To document foreign data, first convert the data into a Solid Edge document.
Creating a primary part view
You begin creating part views by using the Drawing View Creation Wizard to create a primary view of a 3D part or assembly. A primary view is simply the first view placed on the drawing.
The Drawing View Creation Wizard displays a series of pages. The specific options you see depend upon whether you start the command from a draft or 3D model document:
• To start the Drawing View Creation Wizard from a draft document, select the Drawing View Wizard command . You are then prompted to choose a 3D part, sheet metal or assembly document as the source file for the drawing view. • To start the Drawing View Wizard command from a part, sheet metal, or
assembly model document, on the Application menu, choose New®Create Drawing.
• The Drawing View Options page sets drawing view options for the model. • The Drawing View Orientation page is where you select a named view, such as
front, dimetric, or top.
• The Custom Orientation dialog box contains view manipulation commands that you can use to create a custom view as the primary view. For example, you can define a perspective view.
• The Drawing View Layout page is where you select companion orthographic views to place with the primary view.
Placing a primary part view
When you click Finish on the Drawing View Creation Wizard, the cursor is displayed as a rectangle the size of the new part view. You can position the view anywhere on the sheet, and then click to place it. If you selected companion views from the wizard’s Drawing View Layout dialog box, when you click the drawing sheet, all selected views will be placed at once.
Creating additional part views
After you create one or more primary part views, you can use them to create: • Principal views • Perspective views • Auxiliary views • Detail views • Section views • Broken views
You can then use those part views to create still others. For example, if you create a principal view (2) based on the primary view (1), you can create a section view (3) based on the principal view.
Setting the projection angle
The projection angle defines the appearance of a new part view that is folded from an existing part view. The projection angle is dependent on the mechanical drafting standard you use and, typically, once you set the projection angle you will rarely, if ever, need to reset it.
Mechanical drafting standards use either a first angle projection or a third angle projection for creating multi-view projections of a part on a drawing sheet. The first angle method is predominantly used by engineers and designers who follow ISO and DIN standards. The third angle method is predominantly used by engineers and designers who follow ANSI standards. You can create part views using either method.
You can set the projection angle on the Drawing Standards tab on the Options dialog box. You can also set the method you want to use in a template so that all documents created using that template conform to the standard you need.
Creating drawings of assemblies
When you create a part view of an assembly, you can control the display of the individual parts and subassemblies in the assembly. For example, you may want to hide certain parts or specify that a part is displayed as a reference part. You can also control the display of weld beads and material addition features in a part view of a weldment assembly.
• You can use the Model Display Settings button on the Drawing View Wizard command bar to specify which parts you want to display in the part view before you place it on the sheet.
• After placement, you can select the part view on the drawing and edit its properties using the Properties command on the shortcut menu.
• You also can use the display configurations, PMI model views, and zones you have saved in the Assembly environment to control the display of the parts in the part view. When you select an assembly document in the Select Model dialog box of the Drawing View Wizard, you can select the display name you want to use from the .cfg, PM Model View, or Zone list on the Assembly Drawing View Options page. For example, you can use an exploded display configuration name to place a part view of an exploded assembly.
To enhance the performance of assembly drawing views, clear the Show Hidden Edges and Show Edges of Hidden Parts options on the Assembly Drawing View Options dialog box. To make these changes for all assembly drawing views, clear these options on the Edge Display tab of the Solid Edge Options dialog box. You can create a draft template file with these options cleared and use it to create all the drawing views of your assemblies without hidden lines.
Note
In the Assembly environment, you can define several types of display configurations: assembly configurations, zones, and exploded configurations.
Creating draft quality views of assemblies
You can use the Create Draft Quality Drawing Views option on the Assembly Drawing View Options page of the Drawing View Wizard to quickly create a draft-quality drawing of a complex assembly. To allow draft quality views to be quickly generated, only visible edges are created.
You can use draft quality views as input for principal views, auxiliary views, cutting planes, and broken-out section views. You can add balloons to draft quality views and create parts lists from them. You can place elements that connect to a drawing view with a leader, such as balloons and callouts. Some of the view properties, such as Hidden Edge Display, can be fixed. Others, such as Scale, can be modified. You can use the Activate Parts for Dimensioning option on the Assembly Drawing View Options dialog box of the Drawing View Wizard command to activate (load into memory) the parts in the assembly so that you can use them for dimensioning and other operations that require precision. This option is only available when Create Draft Quality Drawing Views is also checked.
Creating 2D drawing views of 3D sections
To simulate the removal of material from a 3D model and to expose internal features, you can create sectioned views of a part, sheet metal component, or assembly. To do this, use the Section command , which is located on the Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) tab in the part, sheet metal, or assembly document.
You can create a 2D drawing view directly from the 3D section view in the part, sheet metal, or assembly document using the New®Create Drawing command on the Application menu. You also can create a 2D view of the 3D section from within the Draft environment. In this case, use the Drawing View Wizard command, and then select the assembly, part, or sheet metal file that contains the 3D section view. After you place the view on the sheet, select the Properties command from the drawing view shortcut menu, then click the Sections tab on the Drawing View Properties dialog box. Select the 3D section view from the list, and click OK. You must then select the Update View command to update the drawing view with the 3D section view.
Creating drawings of a PMI model
You can produce drawings of model views containing product manufacturing information using the Drawing View Creation Wizard. The display data contained in the model view—view orientation, 3D sections, and PMI—is captured on the drawing. PMI text copied to the drawing view retains its three-dimensional aspect. Options on the Drawing View Wizard let you choose:
• A 3D PMI model view as the drawing view source.
• Whether to copy the model view PMI dimensions to the drawing view. • Whether to copy the model view PMI annotations to the drawing view.
Once the drawing view is created, you can clear these options on the General page of the Drawing View Properties dialog box to turn associativity on or off with the model view:
• Include PMI Dimensions From Model Views check box. • Include PMI Annotations From Model Views check box.
To learn how to create drawings of PMI model views, see Create a PMI drawing view. Creating drawings of alternate assemblies
When creating a drawing of an assembly that has been converted to an alternate assembly, you can use the Drawing View Wizard (Select Family of Assembly Member) dialog box to specify the assembly member you want. When you select the member from the Family Member list, a preview of the member is displayed. When you click the Next button, you can define any other assembly drawing view options you want. For example, you can specify that the drawing view is placed as a draft quality view. Creating drawings of weldment assemblies (.asm)
When creating a drawing of a part in a weldment assembly, you can create drawing views that document the process-specific stages of the weldment process by first saving the part to a new name using the Save Model As command.
This is useful when the part has assembly features that represent weld preparation and post-weld machining operations. For example, you may need to apply chamfers to parts in the assembly before constructing a groove weld.
Creating drawings of weldments (.pwd)
When creating a drawing of a weldment, you can create drawing views that document the process-specific stages of the weldment process. When placing a weldment drawing view, you can use the View option on the Weldment Drawing View Options dialog box to specify whether the drawing view reflects the machined view, welded view, or assembly view. For example, when you set the Machined View option, you can place drawing views that document the post-weld machining that was done to the weldment.
If you defined weld labels in the weldment document, you can use the Tie To Geometry option on the Weld Symbol command bar to extract the weld labels into the drawing.
Note
When you set the Tie To Geometry option, only edges that have had weld labels assigned to them are selectable.
Creating drawing views automatically
You also can create drawing views quickly and automatically by dragging a Solid Edge document onto a drawing sheet. You can even place an open Solid Edge document onto a drawing sheet by dragging it from your Open Documents folder in the Library.
• When you drag an assembly model onto an empty drawing sheet, an isometric view is created.
• When you drag any other model file onto an empty drawing sheet, front, top, and right views are created.
You also can drag a model onto a Quicksheet template. With a Quicksheet template, you can customize the view types and properties, save the document as a template, and reuse it with any model you want. The views remain unlinked to a model file, but retain their properties. Or you can use one of the templates delivered with Solid Edge in the Quicksheet folder. Included assembly templates (metric and English) consist of one isometric view, parts list, and auto-balloon enabled. Included part templates (metric and English) consist of front, top, and right orthogonal views, and one isometric view.
Component geometry in drawing views
You can display constructions, coordinate systems, sketches, reference planes, and center lines in drawing views created from a 3D part or assembly. For model files on which mass properties have been calculated, a center-of-mass coordinate system is available when you display coordinate systems. When the part file you are using to create the drawing view contains construction geometry, Solid Edge Draft treats it as an assembly. Like an assembly, you can expand it in the Parts List box on the Display Tab of the Drawing View Properties dialog box. You can use the Parts List Options button on the dialog box to control the display of component geometry. You can create a query to find a specific type of model component, and then hide all instances of it in the drawing view at once. Using a query in this manner, you can quickly simplify a drawing of a complex assembly model, without having to select and hide the individual components within each assembly part. To learn how, see Help topic use a query to hide components in a drawing view.
Documenting multiple parts in one Draft document
Solid Edge allows you to document multiple parts or assemblies in a single draft document. This can be an advantage when working with an assembly. For example, instead of creating a separate draft document for the assembly and each part, you can use the Drawing View Wizard command to place drawing views of the assembly document and the individual part documents into one draft document. This makes document management and maintenance much simpler.
The Drawing View Wizard command tracks the parts and assemblies that you place in a draft document. You can click the Drawing View Wizard command to place the drawing views of the first part or assembly. The next time you click the command the Select Part dialog box is displayed. The Select Part dialog box displays the documents that are currently placed in the draft document in a folder tree structure. If you have placed an assembly document, you can select a part in the assembly as the basis for the next part view. If you want to create a part view for a part in a different assembly, you can use the Browse button to find the part on your computer or another computer on your network.
Principal views
After you place the initial drawing views on the drawing sheet using the Drawing View Wizard, you can use the Principal View command to create additional orthogonal or pictorial drawing views using an existing drawing view.
You specify the orientation of the new drawing view using the cursor. For example, to place a new principal view using an existing orthogonal view, first select the source view (1), then position the cursor to the right, left, top, or bottom to place a new orthogonal view (2), or position the cursor diagonally to place a new pictorial view (3).
When you use the Principal View command to place new drawing views, they are aligned with and are placed at the same scale as the source view.
Note
You cannot use the Principal View command to place a new drawing view using a section view, auxiliary view, or detail view as the source view.
Auxiliary views
The Auxiliary View command creates a new part view that shows the part rotated 90 degrees about a folding line. The drawing view is created from the axis of this fold line. You can create auxiliary views from principal views and existing auxiliary views.
Defining a folding line
The cursor is displayed as a line that is used to define the folding line. The auxiliary view is created perpendicular to this folding line. To define the folding line, move the cursor across the drawing view to highlight an edge that is perpendicular to the desired auxiliary view.
You also can define the folding line for a new auxiliary view by selecting two
keypoints using existing drawing view edges. Two points are required when a single, linear element does not exist along the angle of the desired auxiliary view.
Placing the auxiliary view
After defining the folding line, the cursor is displayed as a rectangle that is roughly the size of the auxiliary view. To place the view, move the rectangle on the sheet to position the view, and then click.
Modifying the auxiliary view
After you place the auxiliary view, you can:
• Move the viewing plane line in any direction using Shift+drag.
• Change the viewing plane line type, caption, and style in the Viewing Plane Properties dialog box.
Detail views
You can use the Detail View command to create an enlarged view of a specific area of an existing drawing view. You can think of a detail view as a magnifying glass focused on a special area within a drawing view.
You can create circular detail views or detail views using a closed profile you draw. You can create dependent detail views that update when the source view changes, and you can create independent detail views that do not reflect changes made in the source drawing view. Similarly, independent detail views allow you to add geometry with the Draw In View command and show or hide edges with Edge Painter without affecting the source view.
Dependent and Independent Detail Views
• Dependent detail views are tied to the source view from which they are created. To change shading, edge display, or other aspects of the dependent detail view, you must make the change in the source view and then update both views. • Independent detail views can have different display properties than the source
drawing view. For example, you can show or hide parts, display hidden lines, add shading, or draw in the independent detail view without affecting the source drawing view.
• Both dependent and independent views can be created from 3D geometry contained in principal views, auxiliary views, other detail views, section views, and broken out section views.
• You can create a dependent detail view–but not an independent one–from a 2D Model view and from a drawing view that has been converted to 2D.
• You can not create detail views from drawing views that are out of date. Converting dependent detail views
Once created, you can convert a dependent detail view to an independent detail view by selecting the view then selecting the Convert to Independent Detail View command on the shortcut menu. However, you can not convert an independent detail view to a dependent view.
Creating a circular detail view
You define a circular detail view using the Circular Detail View option on the command bar. You can then specify the detail view envelope using three clicks of the mouse. The first click (1) defines the center of the circular area to enlarge on the source view, the second click (2) defines the diameter of the detail view circle, and the third click (3) places the detail view.
Creating a user-defined shape for a detail view
You define a user-defined shape for a detail view using Define Profile option on the command bar. You can then draw a profile the size and shape you want. Any closed profile can be a valid detail envelope.
Modifying detail views
Once created, both dependent and independent views can be modified with different results. Dependent detail views are associative to the source view. When you make changes to the geometry in the dependent detail view, the source view changes. Independent detail views do not reference the source view, nor are changes made in the independent view reflected in the source view. Independent detail views can be used to show or hide parts, display hidden lines, add shading, or draw in the view without affecting the source view geometry or view properties.
Drawing view properties
To modify a dependent or independent detail view, use the Select tool and the Properties command on the shortcut menu. The Drawing View Properties dialog box displays the properties that you can change, which vary with detail view type.
Detail view tool tip
If you pause the cursor over a detail view, a tool tip identifies the name of the source geometry file, the file type, and the view type. For example, the full tool tip for an independent detail view of a screw might display: "High Quality View - Independent Detail View - AllenScrewM8.par." The tool tip text for a dependent detail view is simply "High Quality View - Detail View - AllenScrewM8.par."
If you don’t see these tool tips displayed on the drawing view, set the Show Tool Tips option on the Helpers page of the Solid Edge Options dialog box.
Detail view caption
You can add and edit a caption using the Caption text box and the Show Caption button on the Detail View command bar. You can reposition the detail view caption using the Select tool by clicking on the view then dragging the label to a new location. Detail view border
You can hide the display of the border of the detail view after you place it. Click the detail view border, then click the Properties button on the command bar. On the Drawing View Properties dialog box, clear the Show Detail View Border option.
Detail envelope
The detail envelope drawn on the source view in the shape of a circle or user-defined profile defines the cropping boundary of the detail view. You can use the Drawing Standards page on the Solid Edge Options dialog box to set the display standards for the detail envelope. For example, you can specify that the detail envelope display conforms to (1) ANSI, (2) ISO/DIN/JIS, or (3) ESKD standards.
You can click and drag a detail envelope to change its location. However, if the detail envelope is partially or fully constrained, the detail envelope will behave according to the rules of its constraints.
You can modify the detail envelope by clicking it in the original view and then clicking Define Profile on the command bar. Select and drag the detail envelope profile handles to change the size of the detail envelope. Dependent detail views on the drawing are updated when you change the size, shape, or location of the detail envelope on the source view.
If you delete the detail envelope on the source view, the detail view is also deleted. Displaying cropping edges
You can use the Display Cropping Edges option on the Annotation page of the Detail View Properties dialog box to specify whether edges are displayed where the drawing view boundary intersects the model. Edges are not generated where the boundary passes over holes or voids in the model.
When you change this option on an existing drawing view, the drawing view becomes out of date. You can update the drawing view using the Update Views command.
Section views
After you create a part view, you can use it to create a section view. A section view displays a cross section of the 3D part or assembly model. Sectioned areas are automatically filled.
You can create section views with the Section View command and the Broken-Out Section View command.
Before you can create a section view with the Section View command, you must create a cutting plane on the part view you want to use as the basis for the section view using the Cutting Plane command.
You can use the Broken-Out Section View command to define regions you want to remove to a depth you define. This allows you to expose interior features of a part so you can document them. With the Broken-Out Section View command you draw the profile within the command.
Selecting a part view
When you click the Cutting Plane button you are prompted to select a part view. This can be any orthographic, auxiliary, or detail view on the drawing. Click on the view geometry to select it.
Auxiliary views often show the part at the optimal orientation for making the section cut. A detail view can be useful for creating sections due to its scale.
Drawing a cutting plane
You draw a cutting plane using many of the drawing tools you find elsewhere in Solid Edge. When you click the Cutting Plane button and then select a part view, the command ribbon updates and displays commands for drawing a cutting plane. A cutting plane can consist of a single line or multiple elements, such as lines and arcs. If you draw a cutting plane that consists of more than one element, the cutting plane must meet the following requirements:
• The elements must meet at their end points.
• The elements cannot form a closed region or have loops. • The elements cannot cross each other.
• Any arcs in the cutting plane cannot be the first or last element. • Any arcs must be connected to a line at both ends of the arc.
If you draw a cutting plane on a detail view so that it extends beyond the cropping boundary, then the geometry outside the detail view, to the extent of the cutting plane, will be included in the section view. If you draw the cutting plane so that it is completely contained within the detail view, then only that geometry will be included in the section view.
You can add dimensions and relationships between the cutting plane and the part view to control the position, size, and orientation of the cutting plane.
When you have finished drawing the cutting plane, click the Close button on the home tab. You can then dynamically define the cutting plane view direction by clicking on one side of the view to be sectioned. If you need to change the view direction, you can use the cursor to drag the cutting plane view direction lines to the opposite side of the cutting plane.
You can edit the cutting plane by double-clicking it, or right-click the cutting plane and select Properties on the shortcut menu.
Displaying the cutting plane
You can control the display of cutting plane and viewing plane lines and the caption text using the options on the Annotation page of the Dimension Style dialog box. You can set these options in your custom draft templates to make it easier to create cutting plane and view plane annotations that automatically conform to your standards.
You can hide or show the edges resulting from cutting planes created with multiple line segments using the Show Edges Created By Cutting Plane Line Vertices option on the Options dialog box or the Drawing View Properties dialog box.
You can hide the cutting plane by moving the cutting plane element to its own layer, and then hiding the layer. To learn how to do this, see the Help topic, Hide a Cutting Plane.
Placing the section view
When you select the Section View command, you are prompted to select a cutting plane. After you select the cutting plane, a rectangle the size of the section view you are going to place is displayed on the cursor. Also, options on the command bar are activated that allow you to specify the type of section view you want to create. When you position the view and click, the section view is created so that it is aligned with the cutting plane.
Note
The view direction of the section view is defined by the cutting plane. The side on which you place the view, relative to the cutting plane, has no effect on view direction.
Formatting fill and hatch patterns in section views
When you place a section view, you can select a fill style to define the pattern displayed in the sectioned areas of the part. You can also specify the spacing and angle of the fill area when you place the section view. If you want more control over the properties of the fill pattern, you can create a new hatch style, then use the hatch style to define a new fill style. Hatch styles allow you to define color, line width, spacing, and angle properties to apply to a pattern.
Revolved section views
On certain types of parts you can create a revolved section view to more accurately view the features on the part. To create a revolved section view, select a cutting plane consisting of two or more lines, then set the Revolved Section View option on the command bar. The Revolved Section View option is only available when you create a section view. You cannot change this option when you modify an existing section view.
Multiple segment cutting planes
If the cutting plane is defined by multiple lines that are not orthogonal, or the first and last lines in the cutting plane are not parallel, you must specify whether the first line (1) or last line (2) in the cutting plane will be used to define the fold angle for the section view rotation. The line you select affects the placement angle of the section view.
Arcs in cutting planes
You can also include arcs in cutting planes. If an arc is included in the cutting plane, it must be connected to a line at both ends. You cannot begin or end a cutting plane with an arc. Also, when you create a section view from a cutting plane that includes an arc, the Revolved Section View option on the command bar is automatically set and cannot be cleared.
Arcs are ignored for sectioning and view creation. Rather, they serve to carry the cutting plane line from one area of the model to another.
Note
You cannot create additional section views from a section view that was generated from a cutting plane that includes an arc.
Section-only (thin-section or paper thin) views
To create a section view that does not include the geometry behind it, use the Section Only button on the command bar. This option creates a section view where only the thin slice of geometry that intersects the cutting plane is displayed. The geometry that is beyond the cutting plane is not processed or displayed. For example, you can create a section view of a part in which the keyway feature is not displayed.
To further illustrate this, if you were to rotate a typical section view and a Section Only section view, you would see half of the part with a typical section view (1), but only a thin slice of the part with a Section Only section view (2).
This option is useful when creating sections of complex parts and assemblies where displaying the geometry behind the cutting plane would be confusing or unnecessary. Section views placed with the Section Only option also process faster than standard section views.
You can also create a revolved section view using the Section Only option.
Thin section views of assemblies
When working with a large or complex assembly, the processing time improvement with the Section Only option can be significant because fewer parts are processed. For example, in Section A-A below, all the parts beyond the cutting plane must be processed in a standard section view, but when you set the Section Only option for Section B-B, only the parts that are intersected by the cutting plane line are processed.
Note
You cannot create additional section views from a Section Only section view.
Creating a section view from an existing section view
When you create a new section view from an existing section view, you can use the Section Only and Section Full Model options on the command bar to control the appearance of the new section view. For example, when you create the new section view B-B using Section A-A as the source view, there are four output options:
The Section Only and Section Full Model options are cleared
The Section Only option is set
The Section Full Model option is set The Section Only and Section Full Model options are set
The Section Only and Section Full Model options are only available when you create a section view. You cannot change these options when you modify an existing section view.
Section views in assembly drawings
For assemblies, you can specify which parts you want to section by using the Model Display Settings button on the Section View command bar. After the section view is created, you can change these settings by editing the properties of the section view. The fill angle you specify for the section view is rotated 90 degrees for each sectioned part. After the section view is created, you can edit the fill and apply different styles and overrides.
Modifying section views Placement and alignment
You can modify the placement and alignment of the section view directly on the drawing sheet. To modify the section view’s position, click and drag the view. Hatching on cut faces
Hatching on partially visible cut faces is controlled by the Process Partially Hidden Cut Faces setting on the Advanced tab of the Drawing View Properties dialog. When you set this option and update the section view, any hatching on partially visible hidden cut faces is reprocessed. This can eliminate the need to remove excess hatching using the Draw in View function.
Simplifying the section drawing view
You can simplify a section or broken-out section drawing view so that the area exposed by the cutting plane is easier to see. Use the Set Drawing View Display Depth command on the drawing view’s shortcut menu to set the visible display depth beyond which all model geometry will be removed by a back clipping plane. Showing cut and uncut hardware
You can use the Cut hardware check box on the Display page (Drawing View Properties dialog box) to specify whether hardware parts—such as nuts, bolts, and washers—are cut when intersected by the cutting plane in section views. Displaying thread graphics
When the cut is along the axis of a hole shown in a paper-thin section drawing view, you can use the Show threads in Section Only section views option on the Annotation page (Drawing View Properties dialog box) to display hole threads.
Note
You can create internal threaded holes in the model when you use the Hole command and set the Type to Threaded on the Hole Options dialog box. To learn about creating threaded holes in the model, see Threaded features.
Broken Views
You can create broken views in the Draft environment using the Add Break Lines command and the Broken-Out Section View command.
You can use the Add Break Lines command on the drawing view shortcut menu to define regions you want to completely remove in a part view. This allows you to create a broken view of a long, slender part so you can display it at a larger scale.
You can use the Broken-Out Section View command to define regions you want to remove to a depth you define. This allows you to expose interior features of a part so you can document them.
Draft quality and high quality views
Views fall into two general categories: draft quality and high quality.
For assembly models, which typically are larger and more complex than part or sheet metal models, you can generate either a draft quality or a high quality view. Draft quality views usually require less processing time than high quality views, and only visible lines are created.
For part and sheet metal models, you can only generate high quality views. High quality views are the default representations of the model.
You specify whether to create a draft quality view or a high quality view, as well as other view options, in the Drawing View Wizard.
View generation options
The view generation options displayed by the Drawing View Wizard depend upon the source model file type: .asm, .par, or .psm. Once the view is generated, you can make additional modifications using the tabbed Drawing View Properties dialog box. Some of the drawing view generation and display options include:
• Whether the view is a draft quality or high quality drawing view.
• Whether the assembly model and/or its parts will be generated as simplified graphics.
• Whether part or sheet metal model graphics are displayed As Designed, Simplified, or Flat Pattern.
• Whether hidden and tangent lines will be visible in orthographic and/or pictorial views.
• Whether tube centerlines, if present, are generated.
• Whether to show material-removed or material-added assembly features, such as cutouts, holes, and chamfers, or weldments and protrusions.
Identifying views on a drawing
If you are looking at a drawing and want information about a particular view on the drawing sheet, there are two quick ways to get it:
• You can right-click the view and select the Properties command to display the Drawing View Properties dialog box. Here, the dialog box title bar displays information about the drawing view.
• You can use the tool tip feature. To see how this works, click the Select Tool, and then place the cursor on the drawing view border and leave it there. A tool tip identifies the view quality, the view type, and the name of the source model document. For example, the full tool tip for an independent detail view of a screw might display: "High Quality View Independent Detail View -AllenScrewM8.par." The tool tip for a draft quality drawing view is shown in this illustration.
If you do not see tool tips displayed on the drawing view, set both of these options on the Tools®Options®Helpers tab: Show Tool Tips and With Enhanced Text.
Draft quality views
Available for assembly models only, a draft quality view is a quickly generated line rendering for display and annotation in the Draft environment. Only visible edges are created. Typically, draft quality views are used to produce interim design drawings and to provide a pictorial illustration of a ballooned parts list.
Draft quality views are particularly useful when working with very large assemblies, as the time it takes to generate the view is reduced. However, when you zoom in on a draft quality view created from a large assembly, you may notice that it displays at a lower resolution.
Creating draft quality views
To create a draft quality drawing view, set the Create Draft Quality Views option on the Assembly Drawing View Options dialog box of the Drawing View Wizard.
Using draft quality views
You can use draft quality views as input for principal views, auxiliary views, cutting planes, section views, and broken-out section views.
Adding Annotations–You can add annotations such as balloons to draft quality views and create parts lists from them. You can also place elements that connect to a drawing view with a leader, such as callouts and weld symbols. For these types of annotation operations, you can use inactive parts.
Adding Dimensions–Because dimension values are generated from the 3D model, you first need to use the Activate Parts command to make the model part data available for dimensioning.
Final Drawing Production–Although draft quality views can be shown in shaded and wireframe formats, only visible lines are generated. To achieve the best appearance for final drawing production, you may want to convert the draft quality view to a high quality format. To do this, use the Convert to High Quality View command on the selected drawing view’s shortcut menu.
High quality views
A high quality view is a drawing view that provides an accurate representation of the model because it is generated from Parasolid objects. High quality views may be used for precise operations, such as dimensioning, and for final drawing production.
Creating high quality views
The default settings on the Drawing View Wizard generate a high quality drawing view for assembly, part, and sheet metal models. You can start the Drawing View Wizard using the File®Create Drawing command or by selecting the Drawing View Wizard command button.
Converting draft quality to high quality views
To convert a draft quality view to a high quality view, use the Convert to High Quality View command on the selected drawing view’s shortcut menu.
Drawing view manipulation
After you place a drawing view, you can manipulate it to ensure that information is presented the way you want.
Scaling drawing views
You can scale a drawing view with the Properties option when a drawing view is selected.
A part view shares the same scale as the part view used to create it. If you scale an aligned part view, all part views aligned with it are also scaled. If you want to scale one aligned part view without affecting the others, you must first clear the Maintain Alignment option on the shortcut menu when a drawing view is selected.
Repositioning views
You can manipulate the view positions on the drawing sheet to better organize it. To reposition a view, click on the view and drag it to its new location.
Rotating drawing views
You can rotate a drawing view with the Rotate command.
When you rotate a view, it becomes unaligned. You can use the Maintain Alignment command to restore the view to its original orientation.
Dimensions on the drawing view rotate with the view. Dimensions that use the horizontal and vertical dimension axis of the sheet are modified to use the horizontal and vertical axis of the rotated drawing view coordinate system.
You cannot perform folding, cropping, or broken view operations on rotated views and you cannot derive section or auxiliary views from a rotated view. The rotated view cannot be used as input for the Principal Views, Cutting Plane, or Auxiliary View commands.
